Donax Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137906

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Tellinoidea > Donacidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Donacidae Fleming, 1828
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] additional source: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch zaaje  [details] English wedge shell  [details] German Stumpfmuschel  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Donax variabilis Say, 1822
Environment		marine
Distribution		São Tiago [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Image		[image from typetaxon] Donax rugosus added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137906
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2012-09-09 03:33:00Z   changed   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Donax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137906 on 2013-05-24